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How to communicate to my mother that I find it hurtful when she cooks for everyone except me who is vegan?

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Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP up vote 1 down vote favorite TL;DR When my mom makes a cake, she uses eggs (not vegan), even if I will be there. How can I tell her that I think it's hurtful to completely ignore the fact that I'm vegan, and thus, can't eat the dessert? Background I'm 23, I have been vegan for 2 years, I live in my parent house (well, not the past 6 months but I'm moving in again). I often cook the meal (or part of it). My mom hate cooking (I hate it too), she doesn't like the fact that I'm vegan and would probably wish for me to "convert back". What I have tried When I see that she is about to prepare a (non-vegan) cake, I ask her why not using some Maizena (or some compote, depending) instead but she always told me "that's not how I learned to cook" (or some similar excuse). Sometimes, she will also say: if you aren't happy, you can cook. But the problem is, I do cook sometimes (just not cake) and I do